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Hey guys. I'm planning a flight out to Catalina in a few weeks and looking for some opinions on the route. I'll be doing this flight in a 172. I was prefering to do this flight VFR. This is my route of flight thus far: KEDU - SAC VOR - 3O8 (fuel stop) AVE VOR - LZS VOR - VTU VOR - KAVX...

So the other day I had an interesting experience and just looking for some feedback or opinions. I was departing in a C172 from my home airport with a 3200ft runway. It was early morning and the temp was about 40+/- and winds were fairly calm. I got my engine start done and got the minute...

Some of you may know that for the past several months I've been working on my IR. This has been the most challenging training I've done and I couldn't be more happy that its behind me. For those of you who are contemplating doing this, I'd say its definitely worth it but comes with...

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for my IR but there a couple things that I'm getting caught up on that is making me fall behind the plane. My instructor is getting on me to brief the approach. I'm having somewhat of a hard time determining the best time go over it. I guess it...

I was planning to fly out to my buddy's wedding tomorrow. Lo and behold a 5nm TFR catches my destination airport starting yesterday. Really?!? Of all places to put one, its in BFE. So before I started stomping my feet and acting like a child, I call up Oakland Center and ask about getting...

So I picked up a GoPro and super jazzed to try it out. I been trying to figure out a way to mount it outside without using that suction cup. That just makes me a tad nervous. I decided to fab up a mount that would attach to the strut. I still need to add some foam or rubber to isolate the...

I’m trying to get some factual info on CAP. Of course, opinions and suggestions are welcome too. First off, I did a search on the forums and didn’t get my questions answered quite all the way hence this new post...Please be gentle if I overlooked something obvious. I recently been looking...

So I'm a couple weeks into my IR training and about to get into holding patterns this weekend. After looking at it on paper for a min or so, I can figure out which hold pattern would be appropriate however thats as far as it goes. I'm having a difficult time translating this while flying...